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I've been playing with gesture drawing of humans and animals. Here are some quick pencil sketches of horses in motiion. 2B and 6B pencils on Canson sketch pad paper.

A wee sketch of a feather I found, painted with watercolours on Stillman & Birn Zeta paper.

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I didn't know numbats are a thing! Came across this amazing little endangered marsupial when I was trying to decide which N animal to paint. They eat only termites (hence the recipes ;)). Part of a series where I'm painting animals in different styles. Today's was inspired by the art of Beatrix Potter. Digital watercolor, pointed pen, and colored pencil.

A bear enjoying a rest at a waterfalls. Done with a fountain pen. I drew this as a Teacher's Day present for my Korean language instructor.

I took an hour or two and drew some owls while watching the 7th Harry Potter movie. The black (it's actually dark purple) ink is in a Platinum Preppy refillable marker (I SWEAR BY THESE -- you just need the ONE and can keep putting ink in it) (https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/other-writing-instruments/products/platinum-preppy-refillable-marker-black?variant=11884751487019) and the green is in an extra-fine Lamy Al-Star (https://www.gouletpens.com/products/lamy-al-star-fountain-pen-bluegreen?variant=11884855885867).

A quick marker sketch while waiting for a Greyhound bus in NYC a couple years ago.

Created a pet portrait of my friend's puppy in Harry Potter gear!

Designed some new cards expressing my current outlook

Part of a series called Geometric Animals

Maia, one of two current German Shepherds was born here at our house ten years ago. She is a grand old lady with a big ears, a big ruff and a sweet personality. This drawing was done from a photo reference AND her sleeping at my feet. I used Pigma Micron Pens in black and brown with a little graphite smudging to add a bit of shadow.

Nights of weird dreams captured in Ink

Alicorn laying down with wings partially extended, done in pencil

"The tree-dwelling species are more solitary"

Reference photo by @claireluxtonstudio

Finished full version of an image I did in three parts, adding to it to create three separate images.

Pelican graphite sketch on paper.

Koi Fish pen and ink drawing for the Koi Series and upcoming coloring book.

Twinkle, a beautiful ginger tabby.

I've always loved wild Hares so creating this image was such a joy.

The finished portrait!

Working on my stippling and hatching so I decided to draw a horse, done with ink.

45/100 of my nature illo themed 100 Day Project. I started my challenge drawing only on my iPad but hit some bumps when I forgot my Apple Pencil in Florida (I live in California). With that, I have been getting reacquainted with my sketchbook which has been set aside for a few months until now. Feels good to get back into it. Everytime I come back to painting, I wonder why I ever paused in the first place.

Done in pencil.

A dapper gentleman. 10” x 15” Original ink and watercolor illustration on Strathmore 500 Series 4-ply Bristol illustration paper. Signed by the artist. Unframed.